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Work equipment

Singapore regulator’s campaign to focus on hand injuries

Confined spaces

Housing association and lift co fined £1.5m for five-year-old’s death in disability lift

Ergonomics

Council weighs in with smaller recycling boxes to minimise MSDs

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Accident reduction

NZ’s ten-year strategy pushes employers to prioritise worker health

The New Zealand government has called on businesses to better manage work-related health risks as part of its ten-year health and safety at work strategy.

Mental health

The Priory admits safety breach and faces multi million pound fine after teen’s death

Mental health care provider The Priory Group has indicated that it will plead guilty to breaching s 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act after a teenage patient died at one of its hospitals.

The London-based company, which had a turnover of almost £134m for the year ending 2017 and...

Regulation/Enforcement

Government’s plan to safeguard workers’ rights after Brexit is 'cynical', says GMB

The GMB trade union has said the UK government’s proposal to support a Labour amendment to the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill on workers’ rights is “unenforceable” and “nothing more than a cynical attempt to buy off MPs”.

Features

Mental health

Table talk: mental health

Skills

Virtual reality training

Alternative realities

Culture

Conference report

EHS Congress 2018

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Ergonomics

Case study

Toyota: Critical moves

Operatives take a front seat in MSD risk reduction on Toyota’s production lines.

Management systems

ISO 45001

Early doors

We talk to four early registrants to the new management standard about their experiences and what surprised them.

Leadership

Leader interview

Karl Simons, Thames Water

The London utility’s OSH and security head is driving down injury rates with a ‘culture of care’.

Columns

Duncan Spencer

On

why mandating mental health first aiders is no silver bullet

Andrew Sharman CFIOSH

On

ancient Chinese military strategy offers key lessons on deploying OSH forces

Products and services

Qualifications

'NEBOSH set me up for success,' says B&Q health and safety adviser

Get your team recognised for Safety & Health excellence 2019

Career development

Get your team recognised in the Safety & Health Excellence Awards 2019

Skills

RRC new courses for 2019

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Vibration

The Q2 from Curotec – continual vibration monitoring promotes strict legal compliance and supplies the data to prove it

Hand-Arm Vibration: latest legal advice suggests continual, real-time monitoring provides protection for employers and employees - and the Q2 offers a practical, cost-effective solution.

Noise

Curotec sets new standards in workplace vibration management

Game-changing technology from Curotec makes continual monitoring of workplace vibration a practical reality – giving employers a powerful new tool for managing the risk of Hand-Arm and Whole Body Vibration.

Emergency planning

Who is responsible for evacuation?

Accountability was a key theme of the Hackitt Review into the Grenfell fire, published earlier this year. Whether residential or commercial, the question of who is responsible for evacuation and life safety in a building is not always clear.